I always used to grow my own plants from seed but as we have many plants around the house lately, rescued from here and there,being protected from frost, I cannot find the space. Anyway they can usually be purchased from local market stalls for about 50p per plant. It was normal to suffer a glut from mid summer to the end of the season due to the fact that I would buy a half dozen plants at the same time.
However ,lately instead of dispatching side shoots to the garbage container I have been letting them grow a little larger than I would normally on only 2 purchased plants.
2 or 3 of these side shoots are simply broken off cleanly, dipped in some rooting powder and slotted into a small hole made with a dibber or pencil, around the vegetable patch area fence.
This is done over a period of time until the area around the fence is full.
I let them grow to the full height of the fence then train them along it. It hides the fence and also provides fruit throughout the growing season as I normally stop each plant at 5 trusses to ensure good size fruit. End result as one plant is finished another is ready to take over.
Any other side shoots I have I put into old vending machine type cups to grow on and exchange them with locals for other plants that they have surplus to requirements.
I have found over the years that it is beneficial to plant either French or
African Marigolds between the Tomato plants to stop infestation by White Fly
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